Is the song of achilles lgbtq

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Content Warning: This article discusses instances of enslavement, homophobia and rape.

Madeline Miller&#;s first book, The Song of Achilles, was originally published in September The book is a retelling of the story of Achilles from the perspective of Patroclus, an exiled ex-prince, from the pair’s first meeting to Patroclus&#; death (the last few chapters are told from the perspective of his ghost). At the heart of the story lies the explicitly (in the novel, at least) lovey-dovey relationship between the two protagonists.

An instant success &#; it won the Orange Prize for Fiction and was shortlisted for many other prizes, as skillfully as becoming a New York Times bestseller. It has a devoted fan following and has been the gateway to an interest in the Classics for many. At the time of its unleash , it was praised for its narrative choices, style, and use of scholarship (Miller has a background in Classics). As

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A retelling of the love story of Achilles and Patroclus. The Song of Achilles follows the story from Patroclus’ point of view, from boyhood, charting his friendship and eventual relationship with Achilles, all the way until their tragic end in the Trojan War. (And I’m not going to apologise for spoilers. That would be silly.) Not a recent publication, but I loved it a lot, so I’m going to stick a review here.

It’s taken me a little while to process this one. Not because I had problems with it, but because the emotions are so huge, they took a little longer to digest than normal sized non-mythic emotions. It is a joy as a story, and also caused me to reflect on the use of epic emotions in storytelling, and the role tragic stories play in modern literature. As a love story, it is beautiful and well studied, and those epic emotions are heartbreaking at times. I noun the larger than life quality of it—Miller really captures the mythic nature of the originals, while making it all much more personal and focused. The writing style is simple but lyrical.

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The Song of Achilles, Madeline Miller

Rating: No Good Genre: Fantasy Representation: Gay men, Greek/Mediterranean cast Trigger Warnings: rape, rape culture, explicit sex scenes, child sexualization, exotified ethnicity, character death

I stopped reading The Anthem of Achilles a third of the way through. I started the novel with high hopes, as The Song of Achilles promised to be an exploration of the quixotic relationship between Achilles and Patroclus—taking what The Iliad only implied and putting it to paper.

Here's what I was hoping for: an honest exploration of the ancient Greek conception of sexuality, taking into account that homoeroticism that we today would phone “homosexual” was not considered part of one's sexual identity, simply what one did (in addition to taking a wife, of course). What would a boy growing up in (mythical) ancient Greece, a land where even Zeus took male lovers, contemplate about his own lovey-dovey and sexual desires? Does he desire only men (in The Song of Achilles this is true of both Achilles and Patroclus), and what does

Was Achilles Gay? What We Know From Classical Literature

Published: Feb 3, written by Rosie Lesso, MA Contemporary Art Theory, BA Satisfactory Art

Achilles is one of the greatest war heroes of Greek mythology. Many will probably know he was a warrior by nature, and he staged some of the most ruthless and gruesome battles of the Trojan War. But he was also a deeply complex character, and there are aspects of his life that have remained a mystery. One of the most asked questions of all time is: was Achilles gay? Certain stories advise this might have been the case, although we don’t really know. Let’s take a closer glance at the evidence to find out more.

Achilles’ Sexuality Is Never Defined In Classical Literature